This Great Big Story is by IBM.
感谢IBM对本期《伟大的故事》的大力支持LMh1w1DleBA。
Traffic accidents (are) one of the biggest killers in the world.
交通事故是世界上最大的杀手之一%!O9B8f#uZSH*cO。
People are always surrounded by risk.
人们经常都处在风险的包围之中M&9ezpe^qR。
Meet Kommy Weldemariam.
这位是科米·沃登马里亚姆F0I,-pM3!Uh。
A celebrated IBM computer scientist and Africa's first master inventer.
他是著名的IBM计算机科学家，也是非洲第一位杰出的发明大师5;jL%vg^,3-cBkqn。
To me, a good computer scientist uses algorithms and techniques to solve real world problems.
对我来说，一个好的计算机科学家是会用算法和技术来解决现实世界的问题的,v69+53jR52rmLvk。
The first law is: Learn from the environment.
第一条定律是：了解身边的环境;6hd]fg^rR6S=QQqWYk。
And the second is: Adampt to the context where you live in.
第二条是：将你学到的知识应用到你生活的环境里!Dx&EZ07at_9y0mpoC。
This is downtown Nairobi.
这里是内罗毕的市中心Pagn6*-vJTQ。
People use their phones for everything.
人们做什么事情都用用到手机AaYmPDvWOZOWd。
The chaotic nature of Nairobi usually leads to hazardous situations.
内罗毕的混乱经常会引发危险的局面,D2AORK^=QS)3iISI。
I was always somewhere in Nairobi having a coffee in the morning.
上午的时候，我经常会坐在内罗毕的某个地方喝咖啡#nly~RavwZ8KC74EHSb9。
I saw that people are always just concentrating on their phone.
然后我看到大家都是盯着手机的8Yb;!tFz_Fig~R;。
This lady was on her phone.
有一次，一位女士玩手机的时候!s^GAw.GAD59Pc。
The car was coming in the wrong direction.
一辆逆行的车朝她开了过去X]XUS8g91VrgC,d[。
I was trying to yell and shout.
当时我想大喊一声提醒她GWm|9mDIZHRvUj9M|@。
The car hit her.
但车还是撞到了她5,t5UVlcTz4z。
I feel sad.
我感到很难过ZW_(,wxY-5aPnihk2Do1。
And I came back and said, "Can we do something to prevent such accidents?"
回来之后我就想，“我们要怎么做才能预防这类事故呢？”
This is the smartphone safety system for pedestrians.
这是智能手机行人安全系统tUIP*h6[R2Qu-Fsq_8k。
Here is how the system works:
以下是该系统的工作原理：
You have more than 65 sensors in your smartphone.
我们会往智能手机里置入超65个传感器h[kA9FCL%Cyed;#2f)_&。

You have the GPS sensors, accelerometers, motion sensors.
有GPS传感器，加速度传感器，运动传感器Ig%5Jb|Rw+)mequU@=E。
The phone knows how fast you are typing or walking or talking.
手机能知道你打字、走路或说话的速度uSyrCAGrsti]。
It also knows whether you are walking in a dangerous neighborhood, or a faulty staircase.
还能知道你是不是行走在一个危险的街区，或者有故障的楼梯上3=ae_@K^R&1;gU~c。
Your phone is a sensor; your phone is a data generator; your phone is a data collector.
手机既是一个传感器；也是一个数据生成器；还是一个数据收集器2G*A(q[vSiY[。
And also, your phone is an application.
还是一个应用程序p+6A8;iR#[E。
The software in the phone--Kommy's system--analyzes the data to understand the context,
这款手机软件——名为“科米系统”——能通过分析数据来理解当下的情形，
calculate risk and warn the user of danger.
计算风险并向用户发出危险警告(UEO&TQtH7h(;MGfrw。
This is just one of a hundred patents Kommy has filed for IBM in his young career.
这还只是年轻有为的科米为IBM申请的100项专利中的一项专利Rqu8xsq6bhJ=6。
This is the only industrial research lab in the continent.
这是非洲大陆唯一的工业研究实验室zU80qBRxSFul。
We address problems across Africa.
非洲各地的问题我们都会研究KMy)kYkscN。
One thing I find very unique in IBM is the diverse and detailed nature of the company.
我发现IBM非常独特的一个地方就是它的多样性和对细节的追求hY[!T=30Qaj|L[tjw。
The expertise and the mentorship, and the environment that encourages intellectual freedom.
还有它的专业性和师徒制度以及它鼓励知识自由的氛围Fxo8&esKzUW3s-~jWA。
I am always curious. I always want to understand.
我时常都有一颗好奇心YK^(%!AUbU7)。我总是想把事情弄个明白EdnqsP]!pN#S。
I just grab my coffee and sit outside, and I start thinking:
端着咖啡坐在外面，我就会开始想：
What would be the next invention?
接下来发明点儿什么好呢?